Sporting goods article



Jan. 14,1941. v. PROTZKY v SPORTING GOODS ARTICLE Filed March 15, 1959INVENTOR. Va Zerz'e Proizly 6% I161 ATTORNEY.

Patented Jan. 14, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SPORTING GOODSARTICLE Application March 15, 1939, Serial No. 261,894

1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in goods andarticles, used in the line or field of athletics and sports as well asin games, and it has for its main purpose to provide a device of thekind indicated above, which will especially be adaptable for children orboys in their games.

It is another object of this invention to provide a toy device, whichwhen used in plays and 1 games will have a healthy physical effect uponchildren, while at the same time it will tend to sharpen the intellectand keenness of observation and control of the players movements duringa game.

The device, which comprises four cooperating parts, as a unit, may bemade of any kind of suitable materials.

Thus the device embodies a head member, two leg or knee members and ahand member, all 20 made to cooperate, as each member is adapted torepel or turn back a ball, when the latter in motion strikes against oneof said members.

With the above and. other objects in view, this invention consists ofthe novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts,

hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing forming part of this application, and in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts 30 in all views,and in which:

Figure 1 shows in front elevation a member of the unit attached to thehead of a boy; and, also, in a somewhat perspective view a member of theunit attached to the leg of a boy.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of thehead member.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 33 in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a front elevational view of a member of the unit attached tothe hand of the 40 player; while Figure 5 is a transverse sectional viewtaken on the line 55 in Figure 4; and

Figure 6 is a perspective View of the member secured to the leg of aplayer, as shown, for in- 45 stance, in Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing,

, H), II and I2, I2 indicate members constituting a unit, or my combinedsport or game device.

The member It! serves a double purpose, first 50 that of shading theeyes of the player; and, secondly, when sufficient dexterity isobtained, that of repelling a ball with the lower surface M of saidmember [0 upon a quick and well calculated movement of the head.

The said head member In, which like the other members may be made of anysuitable materials, consists in detail of a flap [5, which latter inturn comprises an upper and lower layer, l6 and IT, with an in-betweenstiifening support l8 made, for instance, of cardboard, as shown 5 inFigure 3.

The flap I5 is embedded in a front portion [9 through a slit in thelatter, as the endpieces of the layers l6 and I! are elongated and bent,as shown at 2| and 22, respectively, behind the said front portion I9,the latter being folded upon itself and over said endpieces, as shown inFigure 3.

The stiffening support consists of two layers l8 and [8, which also havetheir ends bent, as 1 shown at 30 and 30', thus lending stiffness to thefront portion l9, while a rear strip 23 forms an inner smooth surfaceupon the front portion [9, so as to fit the head member l0 snugly to theforehead of a person. Apertures 24 are 29 formed at the ends of thefront portion, so that an elastic band 25 may be attached thereto forthe purpose of securing the head member ID to the head of a person.

In Figure 4 has been shown a member ll 25 adapted for attachment to thehand of a player. Said member, which preferably has the shape shown inFigure 4, is secured to the hand by means of straps 26, 26 insertedthrough holes '21 cut through the surface of the said member. 30

The member l2 shown in Figure 6 is adapted for attachment to the legabove the knee of the player. This member may be made in like manner asthe member shown in Figure 2, while straps 28 forming part of the frontportion I9 secure said member I2 to the leg.

When a ball 29 is thrown, the player, if the ball. is in the properalignment, will bend his leg so as tohit said ball with the lowersurface of the member l2, as may be noted in Figure 1, and has beenindicated at [2.

It isobvious that changes may be made in the form, construction andarrangement of the several parts, as shown, within the scope of theappended claim, without departing from the spirit of the invention, andI do not, therefore, wish to limit myself to the exact construction andarrangement shown and described herein.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is:

In a game and sporting goods article, a head member adapted forattachment to the head of a player and comprising a forwardly extendingflap, said flap consisting of an upper and a lower layer of suitablematerial, sheets of stiffening materials inserted between said layers, arim portion formed with a central opening therein, and being adapted. toreceive said layers and stiffening materials, said layers and stiffeningmaterials being bent reversely upon the inner side of the rim portion,and said rim portion having its upper and lower edge portionsoverlapping said layers and stifiening materials, a member covering theinner side of the rim portion, the latter being at each end formed withapertures therein, and straps inserted in said apertures, whereby tosecure the head member to the head of a player.

VALERIE PROTZKY.

